Catholic women discuss the challenges of modern dating culture

[Michie]

As the marriage rate continues to decline in 2024 in the U.S., Catholic women discussed the struggles of modern dating in a segment on “EWTN News In Depth.”

“I didn’t expect to be single into my 40s. That was not my plan,” said Anastasia Northrup, a Catholic woman who founded the National Catholic Singles Conference.

A quarter of 40-year-olds in the U.S. had never been married, Pew Research found in 2021.

Meanwhile, the Catholic marriage rate has plummeted by about 70% between 1969 and 2019, according to a recent report from Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.

There are just over six marriages for every 1,000 people in the United States, compared with a record 16.4 in 1946 after World War II, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.

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Catholic women discuss the challenges of modern dating culture

A quarter of 40-year-olds in the U.S. had never been married, Pew Research found in 2021. The Catholic marriage rate has plummeted by about 70%.

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[chevyontheriver]

As the marriage rate continues to decline in 2024 in the U.S., Catholic women discussed the struggles of modern dating in a segment on “EWTN News In Depth.”

“I didn’t expect to be single into my 40s. That was not my plan,” said Anastasia Northrup, a Catholic woman who founded the National Catholic Singles Conference.

A quarter of 40-year-olds in the U.S. had never been married, Pew Research found in 2021.

Meanwhile, the Catholic marriage rate has plummeted by about 70% between 1969 and 2019, according to a recent report from Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate.

There are just over six marriages for every 1,000 people in the United States, compared with a record 16.4 in 1946 after World War II, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.

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Catholic women discuss the challenges of modern dating culture

A quarter of 40-year-olds in the U.S. had never been married, Pew Research found in 2021. The Catholic marriage rate has plummeted by about 70%.

www.catholicnewsagency.com

Seeing how this isn't working for young Catholic women or for young Catholic men who somehow can't find each other, I propose arranged marriages. Ducking for cover now.

 

[boughtwithaprice]

Seeing how this isn't working for young Catholic women or for young Catholic men who somehow can't find each other, I propose arranged marriages. Ducking for cover now.

Not a bad plan as long as the couple received and understand the catechesis of marriage

Look lady, I don’t care what bands you like, where you go to school, what or if you are studying or if you want a career.


My question is, do you want a family and do you want to help me build one? I am not here to try and impress you and make you want me. I know I can’t hold your attention forever if I am all you get. Do you want to walk the path to heaven with me? The road is narrow and the gate is straight, it requires sacrifice, but God has promised to help us as we obey His commands.

Forget this 50/50 partnership bunk. This is 100/100. I sacrifice for you, you sacrifice for me, we sacrifice the marriage to God and He will reward and assist us on the way. If you don’t believe that, then you are an unbeliever and I pray for you, but I won’t waste your time by marrying you, so have a nice day

Trying to win a woman’s heart by effort alone is futile. Just watch Elle King’s video exes and ohs to see what it’s like. All those guys try so hard but she just laughs and dances around them

 

[Michie]

I hardly think Elle King’s video is a realistic comparison. Lol

 

[boughtwithaprice]

I hardly think Elle King’s video is a realistic comparison. Lol

It’s a metaphor. Men dance around the heart of a woman and can never catch her. They seem to be very handsome and strong, but she is not interested.

Yeah I think it is funny too, but sad at the same time. I sacrifice my heart and soul to God, and He commands me how to treat my wife. The men in the video are representative of modern men that sacrifice themselves to women in exchange for sex and admiration. It never works

Do you see the guys standing on their heads for her in the video, and she is just laughing at them?
They try so hard

The video is a demonstration of the verse The human heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, who can know it?

The world tells you to follow your heart. God says to deny yourself and follow me. I’ll follow God and leave the human heart where it belongs, the ash heap of history.

 

[Michie]

It’s a metaphor. Men dance around the heart of a woman and can never catch her. They seem to be very handsome and strong, but she is not interested.

Yeah I think it is funny too, but sad at the same time. I sacrifice my heart and soul to God, and He commands me how to treat my wife. The men in the video are representative of modern men that sacrifice themselves to women in exchange for sex and admiration. It never works

Meh…it’s a typical video. She is just playing the man’s usual role in this one. I see it as the usual drivel but not a good metaphor. *shrug* men have been playing that role she plays on the video forever. It’s just role reversal.